The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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rb A01

pl. raḇrəḇīn -> rawrəḇīn; JPA, CPA also rwb

  1 large Com.
  2 great, of major significance Com. --(a) important, chief (see also s.v. rb n.m.) Com. --(b) (logic) fem.: major premise Syr. --(c) fem. : miracle Syr.
  3 (of age) : older JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. --(a) elder Palm. --(b) adult, fully grown OfA-Egypt.

sgy A01

sgy, śgyˀ (śaggīˀ -> saggī) adj. many, much

MA and older: śgyˀ, śgy; often used adverbially (i.e. without inflection) even in attributive contexts. In LJLA the aleph glide is often replaced by ayin as a spelling convention.

  1 many, much Com, ^-OA. --(a) as adverb: much Com. (a.1) bsgy : in a long while CPA. --(b) as subst.: many people, things, etc. Com. (b.1) ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ : in a manifold way Syr. --(c) +לסגי : numerous JLAtg.
  2 high Syr.
  3 pl.: syāmē, plural diacritical points Syr.